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Meat products
Any kind of animal flesh that is eaten or sold as a marketable product.
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scabby mouth, contagious ecthyma
Meat products; Lamb
A highly contagious viral disease of sheep (and goats) attacking damaged skin areas around the mouth and causing sores, usually affecting lambs in their first year of life.
ewe
Meat products; Lamb
A female sheep capable of producing lambs. In areas where "gimmer" or similar terms are used for young females, may refer to a female only after her first lamb.
ear tag
Meat products; Lamb
The plastic or metal tag clipped to ear, with identification number, name or electronic chip.
earmark
Meat products; Lamb
A distinctive mark clipped out of the ear (or sometimes a tattoo inside the ear) to denote ownership and/or age.
dry sheep equivalent (DSE)
Meat products; Lamb
A standard unit frequently used to compare the carrying capacity of land, based on the number of Merino sheep it can support.